Ticking noise with stopped hot engine

[hancock1701]

Hi guys,

So when my car has been at operating temperature, and I turn it off, there's a ticking noise coming from the engine bay. It sounds like something is cooling down and making a ticking noise. It has been this way since forever, and I'm trying to find out where it comes from. I don't hear it when my car idles, only when I turn off a hot engine.

Thanks,

[Wallace River]

If there's any heat shields under there, that would be my bet. And I certainly wouldn't worry about it.

[JayG]

is is like 3 short ticks, then 4 short ticks, then 2 shorts ticks and then 1 long one
like this
dit dit dit, dit dit dit dit, dit dit, dah ?

[NewArt]

Is there a Box out there that doesn't sing this song?

[nicecar]

aluminum engine cooling down

[Pdwight]

Cooling down of the Flux Capacitor....no worries they all do that

[jdraupp]

What these guys said. All cars tick but the box gets a lot hotter than other cars and its all aluminum. No worries. If the fan comes on after you shut it down then you know you drove it right

[BIGJake111]

It's always nice to feel the warmth out of the air vent in the cold winter air!

[JayG]

no one knows morse code?

[CraigM]

Originally Posted by JayG

no one knows morse code?

Ha! I don't know morse code - but 2 seconds on Google finds anything.

[lkchris]

Exhaust system or heat shields

It's all right at the back so you notice it more than on front engine cars where the muffler is under the middle and the whole system is longer.

[teleski]

Originally Posted by JayG

no one knows morse code?

Mine sounds more like : dit dit dah dit , dit dit dah , dah dit dah dit , dah dit dah

(didn't need to look it up)

[Pdwight]

But I have, learned code 44 years ago....stopped using it 40 years ago.